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An Introduction to Monitors Part 1
First published 12th March 2015
Using Monitors as Reporting Tools
Whilst many of our customers have wholly embraced the "monitor" concept, some continue to look at traditional reports without seeing the advantages of using monitors to replace some, or all, of the reporting functions that they use.
With many of the new developments within the software being focused on improving monitors (whether that is new tab types, new filter options or additional columns), we are asked, from time to time, "what's the big deal with monitors?".
What's is the Big Deal with Monitors?
To illustrate, let's take a really simple requirement and suppose we have several customer groups and every week we want to see who are the biggest spending customers in each group so far this financial year. The gr...
Getting the most from Scrolling Data Lists
First published 19th February 2015
If you've used axis diplomat for any length of time then you will almost certainly have seen Scrolling Data Lists in action - these appear throughout the system wherever the software needs to show information on a variable number of items. For example, the Item History tab within Customer Enquiry might list one item or one thousand items, depending on the customer:
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Customising your axis diplomat Scheduler
First published 27th January 2015
With axis diplomat 2014 (released last October - see Upgrades for further information) introducing further facilities for being able to tailor your axis diplomat software to suit the way you work, it seemed like a good opportunity to review just what options are open to you.
The Scheduler is our name for the 'main' axis diplomat program that launches all of the other functions that you ...